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show around musicians that I love, that I've, I feel are exceptional songwriters and storytellers, and that's a big part of it, I've been a fan of heather rankin and the rankin family since I was a kid. I used to sing their songs on the school bus with my buds, you know, singing three part harmony and, kelly's been exploding on the scene for the last several years, and they're on their transitions album tour right now . Yeah. And irish mythen. I met i, I can't remember where it was at a folk festival somewhere. We were sharing a stage again, sort of in this in the round format and just blew me away. Powerful storyteller, huge voice, very funny, so I think, I think people are going to come. Might shed a few tears, will definitely laugh. They're bottoms off. I'm just like, this is television. I have to figure out what to say, how to be appropriate. Yeah, no. >> That's good. >> How can people get tickets? And I know astor theater in liverpool tonight. Good morning. Liverpool, stage at saint andrew's tomorrow night. Civic center, port-hawkesbury sunday night. >> They can go to banshee, coca. Yeah. That's our not for profit. And cd. I believe each individual venue also has links somewhere. But if you go there, you can find them. All right on. Come on out. Spread the word and listen while we're updating on things. >> Madison. Violet. What's up? >> Well, 2025 will be our 25th anniversary. Our band iversary high, so we decided to take some time off in 2024 and do other creative things for me, it's this friendly my fan made is doing this, recording a lot of electronic music and has this substack, blog about sort of living on a farm and, yeah. So june, we head to germany for a tour. We couldn't not go there at least once this year and then back on the road in january. We head to the west coast and we go from there and started all over again. Awesome, small of my heart. Not only the songwriter circle name, but a great tune from madison violet as well. All right. Lisa-macisaac right there. Get your tickets right now for this great show that's happening all weekend long throughout nova scotia. We'll get the break, come back with a check of more local news headlines as you're watching "global news" morning. Right back after this. Thanks, lisa. Thank you. ALL:Let's see your voice! The candles are for ambiance. And to disguise the fact that you wore your bathing suit to dinner. Come find your Island. Prince Edward Island ( ) Pure Leaf is the perfect balance Of real brewed iced tea and the delicious taste of real fruit flavours. The lemon flavour you love is now also available with 40% less sugar. So tasty. So refreshing. Pure Leaf. ( ) ( ) And they steal ideas From your daughters The one they want Fighting, ohh Sublime Elsewhere naked offered divine And touched by them only Fighting ( ) Some people say there are doers, and there are dreamers. But what's wrong with a little dreaming? Especially when it's shared. With hard work, little dreams grow into big ones. At Kubota, we know that your work never stops. And we're inspired by those who dream - But our equipment is built for dreamers and doers, like you. Kubota, built for those who do. ( ) ( ) Stop dreaming. Start shopping. Red Tag Days are on at Toyota, with great offers on select models. Find yours at ShopToyota.ca (VO)Take an indulgent moment foryourselfwith wholesome whole grain oats in Nature Valley CrunchyDipped granola squares or with real nuts and darkchocolate in Nature Valley Sweet & Salty bars. Treat yourself with NatureValley. Go, go, go! What wouldn't you doto keep them alive? (Announcer speaks wordson screen) Stream on STACKTVand the Global tv app. >> You're watching global halifax. This is "global news" morning.

>> Hey. Welcome back. Friday edition of "global news" morning. It is may 24th. Paul-brothers here with a look at your local news headlines. Once again, we're about one week away now from the start of hurricane season in our region, and weather experts are predicting an exceptionally busy one this year. While some parts of cape breton regional municipality are still recovering from hurricane fiona two years ago, the mayor says her community is working towards being adequately prepared for the season ahead. Amber-fryday reports. >> The canadian hurricane center is predicting an above average storm season for atlantic canada, mainly due to record warm water temperatures in the atlantic ocean. Another large factor is the expected shift in the pacific ocean from el nino to la nina. This reversal to la nina typically produces more storms in the atlantic. >> The other aspect of this is rapid intensification, and that's something that we've been , you know, watching very closely over the last number of years is just how rapidly these storms go from a tropical storm to a major hurricane. >> The U.S. national oceanic and atmospheric administration is forecasting its highest ever hurricane outlook in history for the 2024 season, noaa is predicting 17 to 25 named storms, including 8 to 13 hurricanes and 4 to 7 major hurricanes, but it's not clear how many could make landfall at the same time. >> The rainfall associated with hurricanes is also projected to become more intense, and with sea level rise, sea level rise will exacerbate the impacts associated with storm surges. >> The 2023 predictions were slightly lower. There were a few more named storms than projected, and three major hurricanes, in line with the prediction of 1 to 4 always trying to achieve a 70, confidence in their forecasts, this year, it's actually up to 85 that they that they've achieved with these numbers is, so very, very high confidence level that it will be an active season. >> Meanwhile, the mayor of cape breton regional municipality says some parts of the region are still in recovery mode after hurricane fiona pummeled the island in 2022. She says preparedness for the storm season ahead is underway, as the municipality creates more designated comfort centers and is using $1.5 million from the federal government to equip a new emergency command center at city hall. >> You know, emotionally and mentally, people are scared knowing that hurricane season is coming up, that that's real. There's a certain type of ptsd that comes with surviving these types of events, though macdougall says she is also nervous as the season approaches, she is confident the municipality has done what they can to prepare, and robichaud recommends people follow that lead sooner rather than later. >> Amber-fryday "global news" halifax. >> The lawyer representing the spouse of the 2020 mass shooter says her client is dropping the lawsuit against the attorney general of nova scotia. But brian murphy says lisa banfield civil suit against the rcmp is continuing. Banfield was previously charged criminally with supplying ammunition to gabriel wortman, who killed 22 people back in april of 2020. That charge was ultimately dropped after she completed restorative justice in her lawsuit against the attorney general of canada. Banfield accuses the rcmp of using that charge to deflect attention from mistakes made during their investigation. She also alleges the rcmp failed to inform her of her right to a lawyer while providing recorded statements. The rcmp described banfield as the first victim during a news conference in 2020. Banfield was beaten by the gunman before he went on his killing rampage. Medical experts from across the country are raising concerns about delays in updating national cancer screening guidelines. The canadian task force on preventative health care is being asked to more frequently revisit its recommendations, especially as medical technologies rapidly evolve. Megan-king has more. >> Waiting ten plus years for an update is just not acceptable anymore. It's been over a decade since national guidelines were made recommending women aged 50 and older should have access to mammography to screen for breast cancer. >> Since then, evidence showing that the age of breast cancer incidence is becoming younger has urged experts in the field to call on the canadian task force on prevention care that sets national guidelines to lower its recommendation to age 40. >> Absolutely. This will save lives. There is no question about it. The sooner that the breast cancer is detected, the earlier the stage, the much more , higher rate of cures that we can accomplish. >> While leduc is calling for equity on a federal level, many provinces have taken the change into their own hands. Nova scotia has its average risk age for screening mammography starting at 40. And that's not the only cancer. It's making its own decisions on lung nscc. I took nova scotia's high lung cancer rates into consideration when deciding to implement screening availability. Beginning at age 50, rather than

the task force recommended age 55 discussing with partners vulnerable populations, our mi'kmaq communities that are our folks tend to start younger and with that in mind, we started here at 50 was the age. >> So what that creates is what we call a postal code lottery. So if you're in a province that does allow screening in the appropriate age group, you're lucky. And that actually goes against, the canada health act. And, it's, it creates inequity. >> The coalition for responsible health care guidelines is calling for the restructuring of the independent, federally appointed task force and for accountability. A representative for the task force says it's working on a comprehensive evidence review for its upcoming draft guidelines on breast cancer screening. The draft recommendations are expected out later this spring. >> We sort of stand by helplessly and watch as they, create these guidelines that don't align with what experts know, you know, actually happens in reality. >> The coalition wants experienced specialists to be part of these crucial guideline decisions. Megan-king "global-news" halifax. >> Let's say good morning and happy friday to ross-hull. Ross. You're going to have to carry the show for me this morning, sir. I was out till 11. I went to bed at 11 last night after an east coast lifestyle foundation event in bayers lake. And then I was awoken by the sounds of thunder. I think at 1 A.M. was I dreaming or was that real? >> No, you were not dreaming. I can confirm, paul. There was a thunderstorm reported at halifax stanfield and around the area overnight, the good news is, most of the rainfall will have cleared. We've got some mist and some fog out there, but we unfortunately had to get through it overnight and wake you up. But good for you for staying on, because I know getting to bed that late can be a big challenge and you got to rest because you've got some other important activities, heading into the weekend, right? >> Yes, exactly. On sunday afternoon, I'll be in lower sackville. I believe it's acadia park for the mass walk event for 2024, which the timing of that is much more in my wheelhouse, like 2:00 in the afternoon. So I'll be ready to rock for that event and looking forward to the walk coming up for a great cause. >> Yeah. And where I have to come in is I have to provide some good weather for you, right. This weekend and for all those activities. And I think I can deliver on that. So yeah. Let me take this on for you, paul. You take a little break there and let's show you what actually did move through the area earlier on. You can see some of the thunderstorm activity, some of the rainfall activity that did move through a closer look here. You can see it's pushing towards the east though cape breton into it early this morning. But for the most part, much of nova scotia going to stay dry today. Another weak front is going to push through new brunswick, bringing the chance of some showers and the risk of a thunderstorm. But it certainly won't be a washout. What you will notice though, the reason why we did see those thunderstorm arms and woke up paul, is the fact that it was a cold front, so it's not going to be quite as humid today. Still above average for many spots, just not that humidity into the high 20s, low 30s even higher than that that we've been experiencing of late. It's still pretty mild out there. Mid teens, low double digits for most areas and we will get back up to the 20s around halifax today a little cooler farther east. Some areas that do experience a little more shower activity and still into the high 20s mid to high 20s as you head to places like fredericton and moncton today so you can see that chance of a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon, we should stay dry across much of nova scotia and then heading into saturday, a few clouds, sun cloud mix should stay dry for all areas. A few scattered showers, northeastern new brunswick and then on sunday ms-walks sun cloud mix. It will be a little cooler, so likely temperatures between 16 to 18 degrees around halifax, most areas around the hrm. And then we'll get into a little more of an unsettled pattern into early next week. So let's break it down for you. For fredericton, 22 degrees a sun cloud mix 21 on sunday, a little more cloud cover on monday and we're looking at some wet weather into early next week. We actually do need it because rainfall has run below average this month for halifax and the hrm. We're getting up to low 20s on saturday, souncloud mix perhaps a little bit more cloud cover on sunday, and there's that cooler air mass 16 degrees slightly off our normal or average high 14 on monday. And then we'll have to watch out for some rain heading into tuesday and wednesday. Hope you all have a great weekend. Including you paul. And that's a look at your ok-tire-weather. Well, total pollen counts are moderate. On this friday, especially if you're allergic to birch, pine, fir or spruce. >> And before a break, let's have a look at gas prices in nova scotia, up 0.8 cents per liter to sit at $1.76 point $0.04 a liter in halifax and sydney $1.78 point $0.04 a liter with diesel at a buck 75.4 cents per liter. This "global news" pollen report Canadian summers just hit different with Tims. ("Steal My Sunshine" by Len) Introducing two new Sparkling Quenchers...

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